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Proceedings Archive - 2003

The new E-2C Hawkeye 2000 comes equipped with the AN/UYQ-70 Advanced Display Systems program, delivered by DRS Technologies and Lockheed Martin. The program also can be found in various configurations on surface ships and submarines throughout the U.S. Navy.

A Visby-class stealth corvette from the Swedish Navy highlights this month’s concentration on international navies (coverage begins on page 32) and ties to ongoing discussions of the Littoral Combat Ship—pages 10–14.

SEAL Team Four members perform an insertion and extraction drill at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station. This photograph is 1 of 18 winners in this year’s Naval and Maritime Photo Contest sponsored by Navy Federal Credit Union. For other winners, turn to page 49. Deadline for entries is 31...

A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet takes fuel from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker in the skies near Iraq before continuing on its mission in support of other U.S. and coalition forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

This issue features the winners of the Armed Forces Joint Warfighting Essay Contest. A member of the 870th Military Police Company from Pittsburgh, California, mans his weapon on top of an armored Hummvee damaged by a mob in Karbala, Iraq.